Tourism centers of Mersin Province

Summary

Tourism centers of Mersin Province, are eight officially determined locations where the touristic investments will be promoted through incentive scheme.[1] in Mersin Province, Turkey. Six of the locations are known as Tourist centers and the last two in Tarsus are known as Culture and Tourism conservation and development areas.[2][3] Except for the last one (Karboğazı) which is in the mountains, all of these centers are seaside locations.

District Name of the center Area
ha
Distance to district center
km
Distance to Mersin
km
Anamur Melleç 30 21 245
Gülnar Ortaburun 91 35 151
Silifke Kargıcak 72 35 120
Silifke Narlıkuyu-Akyar 1046 16 75
Silifke Ovacık 95 43 128
Silifke Taşucu-Boğsak 1159 16 96
Tarsus 1712 15 40
Tarsus Karboğazı 3573 60 87

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-44065/turizmi-tesvik-kanunu.html The law for the encouragement of tourism (in Turkish)]
  2. ^ Metap:Mersin Turizm merkezleri Kültür ve Turizm Koruma ve gelişim bölgeleri, 2010
  3. ^ Page of Provincial Tourism Directorate (in Turkish)